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Intel logo Core i7-4960X
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General information Core i7-4960X Core i5-6600K
Launched Q1 2013 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 2.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 91 W 30 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Core i5-6600K
Overall Score 50664 0 % 45073 11 %
Future Proof 34 % 30.6 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6589 0 % 4127 37.4 %
Single Thread Score 2084.1 10.5 % 2329.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 2986 MB/s 0 % 1854.7 MB/s 37.9 %
Compressing Data 162.7 MB/s 0 % 84.3 MB/s 48.2 %
String objects sorting 22898.9 thousand/s 0 % 10720.5 thousand/s 53.2 %
Prime numbers generation 48.1 millions/s 0 % 30.8 millions/s 36 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37065 millions/s 0 % 16404.1 millions/s 55.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18737.1 millions/s 0 % 13990.4 millions/s 25.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core i5-6600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.7 FPS 88.2 FPS
High settings 167.6 FPS 141.1 FPS
Medium settings 209.5 FPS 176.3 FPS
Low settings 261.8 FPS 220.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-4960X Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.6 FPS 129.7 FPS
High settings 223.3 FPS 207.5 FPS
Medium settings 279.1 FPS 259.4 FPS
Low settings 348.9 FPS 324.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.1 %
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